{"product_id":"24167-the-art-of-oratory-150-of-the-most-inspirational-and-influential-speeches-in-history","title":"The Art of Oratory - 150 of the Most Inspirational and Influential Speeches in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Charles Mosley\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Charles Mosley\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Roli Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 345\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788174366160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greatest speeches have changed world history. To compile an anthology of them is therefore to sketch a history of the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the origins of western oratory in classical Greece (Pericles, Demosthenes), via its exponents in the great age of British Parliamentary debate and American Congressional and Presidential campaigning, through its perverting by the twentieth-century's worst dictators and demagogues, to its exuberant modern practitioners in black America (Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson) or South Africa (Nelson Mandela), this book is a treasury of golden words launched from silver tongues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach speech is presented with a portrait of the speaker plus a short biography and an account of the context in which the speech was delivered, including the historical consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelial\t\t\t: To his fellow fallen angles\u003cbr\u003eJacob\t\t\t:To his sons\u003cbr\u003eHector\t\t\t:To the Trojans\u003cbr\u003eAchilles\t\t: To the Greeks\u003cbr\u003ePericles\t\t: Funeral Oration\u003cbr\u003eSocrates\t\t: Defence at his trial\u003cbr\u003eAlexander the Great\t: To his reluctant troops\u003cbr\u003eMarc Antony\t\t: Funeral panegyric on Caesar\u003cbr\u003eEmperor Claudius\t: On admitting non-Romans to the Senate\u003cbr\u003eWilliam the Conqueror: Deathbed aplology for oppressing the English\u003cbr\u003eThomas More\t\t: To Commissioners enforcing the oath denying papl supremacy\u003cbr\u003eAnne Boleyn\t\t: Scaffold speech \t\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth I\t\t: To Parliament on choosing a husband\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth I\t\t: To Troops at Tilbury when Armada threatened (2)\u003cbr\u003eSir Francis Drake\t: On relations between gentlemen and sailors at sea\u003cbr\u003eSir Walter Raleigh\t: Scaffold speed \t\t\u003cbr\u003eCharles I \t\t: Scaffold speed \t\u003cbr\u003eOliver Cromwell\t: To Parliament when closing it down\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePitt the Elder\t\t: Against the Stamp Act\t\u003cbr\u003ePitt the Elder\t\t: On the American War\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartrick Henry\t\t: ‘Liberty or Death’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdmund Burke\t: On an MP’s responsibilities\u003cbr\u003eEdmund Burke\t: On impeaching Warren Hastings\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobespierre\t\t: On terror\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington\t: Farewell address\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Wilberforce\t: Against the slave trade  (1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePitt the Younger\t: Against the slave trade \t\u003cbr\u003ePitt the Younger\t: On peace with France (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles James Fox\t: On peace with France \u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson\t: On the Louisiana Purchase\u003cbr\u003eLord Byron\t\t: Against the death penalty for Luddites\u003cbr\u003eNapoleon\t\t: Farewell to his Old Guard\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Canning\t: On the New-Old World balance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Webster\t: Pilgrim Father’s commemoration\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Webster\t: Against Nullification by South Carolina (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel O’ Connell\t: Ireland shall be free’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Robert Peel\t: Resignation as Prime minister\u003cbr\u003eJohan C. Calhoun\t:’The Union is in Danger’\u003cbr\u003eLord Palmerston\t: ‘Civis Romanus sum’\u003cbr\u003eJohan Bright\t\t: ‘The Angel of Death’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln\t: Against Slavery\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln\t: ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln\t: Gettysburg Address\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln\t: ‘With malice toward one’ (4)\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain\t\t: On America’s ‘Gilded Age’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisraeli\t\t: Attack on Peel\u003cbr\u003eDisraeli\t\t: Attack on Gladstone\t\t(2)\u003cbr\u003eDisraeli\t\t: On the Congress of Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGladstone\t\t: Attack on Disraeli\u003cbr\u003eGladstone\t\t: On the rights of the savage\u003cbr\u003eGladstone\t\t: Against the Zulu War\u003cbr\u003eGladstone\t\t: Opening the Home Rule debate    (4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Randolph Churchill: Attack on Gladstone\u003cbr\u003eLord Randolph Churchill: On Tory democracy\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Stewart  Parnell: Call for a restored Irish Parliament \u003cbr\u003eKeir Hardie\t\t: Attack on the future Edward VIII\u003cbr\u003eEdward VII\t\t: Eulogy on Queen Victoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeddy Roosevelt\t: ‘Square Deal’\u003cbr\u003eTeddy Roosevelt\t: ‘The Man in the arena’ (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eF.E.Smith\t\t: Maiden speech as MP \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: ‘Mr Balfours’s poodle’\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: On the cost of dukes and dreadnoughts\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: Agadir Crisis\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: On the UK entering World War I\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t:  To the American Club, London\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: Rebuttal of charges of UK responsibility for World War I\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: ‘Land fit for heroes’\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: ‘Murder by the throat’\u003cbr\u003eLloyd George\t\t: Attack on Chamberlain\t(9)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoodrow Wilson\t: ‘Too Proud to fight’\u003cbr\u003eWoodrow Wilson\t: The Fourteen Points\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeon Trotsky\t\t: On German-Russian peace talks\u003cbr\u003eLeon Trotsky\t\t: Salute to the Red Army\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLenin\t\t\t: On Communists joining the British Labour Party\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Oswald Mosley\t: Resignation speech\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Einstein\t: Wonders of science\u003cbr\u003eStanley Baldwin\t: ‘Faith, Hope, Love and Work’\u003cbr\u003eStanley Baldwin\t: ‘The bomber will always get through’\u003cbr\u003eStanley Baldwin\t: On the Abdication\t(3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge V\t\t: Christmas broadcast\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Roosevelt\t: ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Roosevelt\t: ‘Four Freedoms’\u003cbr\u003eFranklin Roosevelt\t: Declaration of war on Japan\t(3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaile Selassie\t\t: On the Italian invasion of Abyssinia\u003cbr\u003eEdward VIII\t\t: Abdication broadcast\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Franco\t: On the Spanish Civil War\u003cbr\u003eNeville Chamberlain\t: ‘Peace in our time’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHitler\t\t\t: ‘My patience is exhausted’\u003cbr\u003eHitler\t\t\t: Against the British holding India \t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGandhi\t\t\t: Let the British quit India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDe Gaulle\t\t: Broadcast rallying the Free French\u003cbr\u003eDe Gaulle\t\t: On the liberation of Paris\t\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMussolini\t\t: On Italy’s role in World War II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: On British rule in India\t \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: On the start of world War II\t \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: ‘Blood, toil, tears and sweat’ \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: ‘Fight them on the beaches’   \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: ‘Their finest hour’                  \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: ‘The Few’                               \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t:  To the Allies                          \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: On determination\t\t  \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t:  To the Canadian Parliament\t  \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: On Victory in Europe             \u003cbr\u003eChurchill\t\t: ‘The Iron Curtain’                  (11)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStalin\t\t\t: Riposte to Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech\u003cbr\u003eGeneral George Patton: To US GIs before D-Day\u003cbr\u003eLaurence Olivier\t: Henry V to troops before Agincourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmperor Hirohito\t: On the A-Bomb\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eEmperor Hirohito\t: Apology for Japan’s waging war\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Robert Menzies \t: ‘The Forgotten People’\t\t\u003cbr\u003eSir Robert Menzies\t: On Freedom of speech\t\t\u003cbr\u003eSir Robert Menzies\t: On Freedom of press\t\t\t(3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth II\t\t: Dedication to her people\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth II\t\t: first Christmas Broadcast                   (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNehru\t\t\t: ‘Tryst with destiny’\u003cbr\u003eBen-Gurion\t\t: On the imminent foundation of Israel\u003cbr\u003eTito\t\t\t: On Yugoslavia’s split with the USSR\u003cbr\u003eAdenauer\t\t: On the Western Allies and Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNixon\t\t\t: Checkers speed\u003cbr\u003eNixon\t\t\t: On Watergate\t\t\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhrushchev\t\t: Denunciation of Stalin\u003cbr\u003eMao\t\t\t: ‘Imperialism a paper tiger’\u003cbr\u003eHarold Macmillan\t: “Winds of change’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKennedy\t\t: Inaugural\u003cbr\u003eKennedy\t\t: ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’                         (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCastro\t\t\t: On the Bay of Pigs\u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther King\t: ‘I have a dream’\u003cbr\u003eEnoch Powell\t\t: ‘Rivers of blood’\u003cbr\u003eTrudeau\t\t: Against separatist terrorists\u003cbr\u003eThatcher\t\t: ‘The lady’s not for turning’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReagon\t\t: ‘Evil empire’\u003cbr\u003eReagon\t\t: On the Challenger space shuttle disaster\u003cbr\u003eReagon\t\t: ‘Tear down this wall’\t\t(3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohan Paul II\t\t: On a free Poland\u003cbr\u003eJesse Jackson\t\t: ‘Keep hope alive’\t\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelson Mandela\t: ‘Let freedom reign’\u003cbr\u003eDiana Princess of Wales: ‘Time and Space’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTony Blair\t\t: ‘People’s Princess’\u003cbr\u003eTony Blain\t\t: Valedictory\t\t(2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Spencer\t\t: Funeral speech on Diana\u003cbr\u003eJohn Howard\t\t: On the centenary of  Australia’s federation\u003cbr\u003eColonel Tim Collins\t: To troops about to invade Iraq\u003cbr\u003eGeorge W Bush\t: ‘Axis of Evil’\u003cbr\u003eBarack Obama\t\t: ‘We have more work to do’\u003cbr\u003eRudy Giuliani\t\t: At the 2004 Republican Convention\u003cbr\u003eHillary Clinton\t: On abortion\u003cbr\u003eDavid Cameron\t: Conservative leadership bid\u003cbr\u003eHarold Pinter\t\t: Nobel Literature Prize acceptance\u003cbr\u003eGordon Brown\t: On nine 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